Steps to Make Quick Pav Bhaji

Recipes Food chicken

5 Dec, 2021

Pav Bhaji.

Hey everyone, it's me, Dave, welcome to my recipe page. Today, I'm gonna show you how to prepare a special dish, pav bhaji. It is one of my favorites. This time, I'm gonna make it a little bit unique. This will be really delicious.

Pav Bhaji is one of the most well liked of current trending foods on earth. It's appreciated by millions every day. It is easy, it's quick, it tastes delicious. They're fine and they look wonderful. Pav Bhaji is something which I've loved my whole life.

To get started with this particular recipe, we must prepare a few ingredients. You can have pav bhaji using 23 ingredients and 10 steps. Here is how you cook that.

The ingredients needed to make Pav Bhaji:

{Prepare For of cooking veggies for bhaji.
{Prepare 3 of medium sizes potatoes.
{Make ready 1-1.25 cups of chopped cauliflower.
{Make ready 1 cup of chopped carrot.
{Prepare 1 cup of green peas.
{Prepare 1/2 cup of chopped french beans.
{Make ready 2.25-2.5 cups of water for pressure cooking other ingredients.
{Take 3 tablespoons of amul butter.
{Make ready 1 teaspoon of cumin seeds.
{Prepare 1 of large onion.
{Get 2 teaspoons of ginger-garlic paste.
{Take 1-2 of green chilies.
{Prepare 1/2 cup of finely chopped capsicum.
{Get 2 cups of tightly packed finely chopped tomatoes.
{Take 1 teaspoon of turmeric powder.
{Make ready 1 teaspoon of kashmiri chilli powder.
{Take 2-3 tablespoons of pav bhaji masala.
{Take 1.5 to 2 cups of 1.5 to 2 cups.
{Make ready As per taste of salt.
{Prepare 12 of pavs for serving with the bhaji.
{Make ready 1 of medium to large onion, finely chopped.
{Make ready 1 of lemon.
{Prepare 3 tablespoons of chopped coriander leaves.

Instructions to make Pav Bhaji:

Cooking veggies for bhaji rinse, peel and chop the veggies. you will need 1 cup chopped cauliflower, 1 cup chopped carrot, 3 medium-sized potatoes (chopped) and ⅓ cup chopped french beans. you can also add veggies of your choice. add all the above-chopped veggies in a 2-litre pressure cooker. also add 1 cup green peas (fresh or frozen). add 2.25 to 2.5 cups water..
Pressure cook the veggies for 5 to 6 whistles or for about 12 minutes on medium flame. when the pressure settles down on it's own, open the cooker and check if the veggies are cooked well. you can even steam or cook the veggies in a pan. the vegetables have to be cooked completely. making bhaji for pav bhaji- Heat a pan or kadhai. you can also use a large tawa. Add 2 to 3 tablespoons butter. you can use Amul butter or any brand of butter, butter can be salted or unsalted..
As soon as the butter melts, add 1 teaspoon cumin seeds, let the cumin seeds crackle and change their colour. then add ½ cup finely chopped onions. Mix onions with the butter and saute on a low to medium flame till the onions are translucent. Then add 2 teaspoons ginger-garlic paste. you can also crush 1.5-inch ginger and 5 to 6 medium garlic cloves in a mortar pestle..
Mix and saute till the raw aroma of both ginger and garlic goes away. Then add chopped green chilies. mix well. Now add 2 cups finely chopped tomatoes. mix very well, then begin to saute tomatoes on a low to medium flame Saute till the tomatoes become soft and mushy and you see butter releasing from the sides. this takes about 6 to 7 minutes on a low to medium flame. if the tomatoes start sticking to the pan, then sprinkle some water and mix well..
When the tomatoes have softened, then add ½ cup finely chopped capsicum (green bell pepper). sauté for 2 to 3 minutes. if the mixture starts sticking to the pan, then you can sprinkle some water. you don’t need to cook the capsicum till very soft. a little crunch is alright. add 1 teaspoon turmeric powder and 1 teaspoon Kashmiri red chilli powder. then add 2 to 3 tablespoons pav bhaji masala. mix very well..
Add the cooked veggies. add all of the stock or water from the pressure cooker in which the veggies were cooked. mix very well. then season with salt as per taste. with a potato masher, begin to mash the veggies directly in the pan. you can mash the veggies less or more according to the consistency you want. for a smooth mixture mash more. for a chunky pav bhaji, mash less. keep on stirring occasionally and let the bhaji simmer for 8 to 10 minutes..
If the bhaji becomes dry and then add some more water. the consistency is neither very thick nor thin. do stir often so that the bhaji does not stick to the pan. when the pav bhaji simmers to the desired consistency, check the taste. add salt, pav bhaji masala, red chilli powder or butter if required. when the bhaji is simmering, you can fry the pav so that you serve the pav with hot bhaji. slice the pavs..
Frying pav for pav bhaji- heat a tawa or a shallow frying pan. keep the flame to a low and then add butter. when the butter begins to melt, add a bit of pav bhaji masala. you can skip pav bhaji masala if you want. mix the pav bhaji masala very well with a spoon or spatula. then place the pav on the butter. rotate the pav all over the melted butter so that the pav absorbs the butter..
Now turn over the pav and rotate them on the tawa so that the second side absorbs the butter. add more butter if required. you can turn over and toast them more if required. then remove in a plate and keep aside. serving pav bhaji now take the bhaji in a serving plate or a bowl. top it up with one to two cubes of butter. you can add more butter, if you like..
Place a side of finely chopped onions, lemon wedges and finely chopped coriander leaves. or you can sprinkle onions, coriander leaves and lemon juice directly on the bhaji. serve bhaji with the lightly pan fried and buttered pav. pav bhaji is topped with chopped onions, coriander leaves and the lime or lemon juice is squeezed on the bhaji while eating..

So that is going to wrap it up with this exceptional food pav bhaji recipe. Thank you very much for your time. I am confident that you will make this at home. There's gonna be more interesting food at home recipes coming up. Don't forget to save this page in your browser, and share it to your loved ones, colleague and friends. Thanks again for reading. Go on get cooking!